Walter Cichon

Walter Alan Cichon (28 August 1946-30 March 1968) was a US Army soldier and musician who went missing in action during the Vietnam War.

Biography
Walter Cichon was born in New York City, New York in 1946, and he was raised in Farmingdale, New Jersey. He was a childhood friend of Bruce Springsteen, and he was the frontman of a band known as The Motifs, while his brother Raymond was its guitarist. He and fellow Jersey Shore musician Barton E. Haynes joined the military during the Vietnam War, with Cichon serving in the US 4th Infantry Division. He was killed in action in Kontum, South Vietnam in 1968, a year after Haynes was killed.